Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14
LIQUOR DEALERS IN COUNCIL.
Alderman Gallagher and Major Lockwood
Discuss Campaign mattors-A WIDE DIFF
ference of Opinion.

Alderman Gallagher and Major Lockwood
Discuss Campaign mattors-A Wide OFF
ference of Opinion.
san Antonio Express.
The Saloon Dealers Association held
meeting last night at Turner hall. Thel
meetings are private, but this the re
porter Of the Express did not know, anC
IS he saw three or four individuals, on
not unknown to fame as q deputy sheriff
standing around the door of the CluJ
room where the Turner Association IS.
sembles, he naturally Joined the audi.
| enCe. AL the prominent saloon keepers
were present, Major Lockwood in the
chsir. The first word that caught the
| reDOrtorial ear was "ephemeral Organize-
! tons" These fell from the lips of Mr.
| Gallagher, the well known master Of et-
ioresCent ver5iage ard the bold
man who peTpetrated Timothy Wine
! bIuiser On the public. From the discus
siOu that followed soon after these words
had been uttered, ii appeared that there
was something approaching dlssensi0n in
the Saloon Dealers Association. The re
porter could not hear well, but ne cleaned
that portion Of the members, Of which
Mr., Gallagher Was the moutdpleCe, were
sntagOnjstic 10 the central executive
committee Of the unti-pTOhiD!tiOnist
They did not relish paying assessments to
that committee; they wanted to run the
campaign themselves. The other side Of
the argument and its supporters we're
represented by Major Lockwood, This
was the brosdest view OF the matter. He
said they were not opposed to the central
committee. Major Lockwood made sn
excellent speech, pertinent and polite,
not characterized by the narrow-min5a3
spirit eylnced by his opponents. At It's
conclusion Gallagher arose and offered
the following resolution;
"That ell funds raised ana moneys
subscribed by this organization shall he
handled by US"
A second was given TO the Gallagher
resolution.
Here come one said: "Why should
we put any OF that money INTO the hands
OF that committee Whist Is the use Of
our money going there? Let us fight our
own cause"
Major Lockwood contradicted the
speaker who preceded him, with empha-
sis: 81 say that the money we have paid
in is well paid and will be well handled
and used. II you make g saloon fight of
this and let it 90 before the people OF
Texas On that ground you will get left,
but il we fight on the general principle OF
personal liberty then we can win"
Gallagher replied by saying that he
gathered from his remarks that Major
Lock wood thought the saloon keeper was
n. .. with big N G., and that if they
took their families TO the springs or any
where, they were in the habit Of being
OstT3Cised, and that society would not
know them. He had been in the wh sky
business seven years, but be had never
felt inst way himself. He had never been
IL saloon in his lite but he saw q gen
tIeman standing behind the bar IS pol
iShed as he was. He wanted to see the
color Of a mans hair that could tower
over him. Major Lockwood would tell
them that there was somebody else
who could handle their affairs
better than they could, AID
he thought on looking 81 the group be-
fore him they could handle their affairs
pretty well themselves, With ell due
respect TO the other committee, because
il was composed Of well known gentle
men and earnest in the cause, he could
not see they could be SO earnest as them
good deal Of politics in the others.
They mesnt well, bus they mad not the
same interest inst the whiskey dealers
had. The central committee would look
deeper mo their pockets than them
selves"
At this iUncture st2ntOTiRn voice IN
formed the reporter he had no right 10 be
at the door The reporter had been
standing in the shadow unpercCiyed Until
the IynX-eye OF one Of the members fell
on his note book. Another member with
he-Culean frame flerceIy calculated the
mystic word "Git!" and the reporter
hied him swsy bemoaning that his young
life should be pIemAturely shortened by
not having heard the remainder OF Alder
man Gallagher's brilliant oratGTy or what
action YVES taken on his resolution.
II was announced upon the streets yes
teTday that the saloon men had adopted
Gauagher's resolution On the night before
10 conduct their side OF the campaign
apart from the central committee, the
principal reason given being that the
central committee would put their hands
8 good deal further into the saloon mems
pockets than the aforesaid saloon men
would. The general impression on the
outside seems to be that the saloon men
are inlurlng their own cause by such q
course. Many declare that if it is to be !
made saloon mems fight they would |
much prefer to vote on the side of pro- |
hi5itioD. The broad and liberal views of |
Major lockwood upon the same subject |
are generally commended by Democrats. |